Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 699 Amazon

It has been more than half a month since Taichang arrived in the South American continent, and the primitive tribes in Natal finally got in touch with each other.

The chiefs of these primitive tribes heard that the Ming Empire was a country established by their own people, and that they would not have to worry about food if they followed the Ming Empire, and they even had a doctor of the Ming Dynasty to treat their illnesses, so they agreed to come to discuss without hesitation. Alliance thing.

This time there are not more than 30 tribes. There are thousands of tribes in the primeval jungle in Natal. Although there are not many people in each tribe, they add up to a population of nearly [-].

This population is almost the same as the original population of the tribal alliances established by various tribes in North America.

In other words, the population of the primitive tribes in Natal alone is enough to form a tribal alliance.

You know, the area of ​​the Natal colony is less than one percent of the entire Brazilian Governor-General's jurisdiction.

It can be seen that the population of South American Indian tribes is much larger than that of North American Indian tribes.

As for the reason, this side is mainly dominated by jungles, with more prey and fruits, while North America is mainly dominated by grasslands, and the prey that can be obtained is not as much as here, and the fruits are even less.

The survival of primitive tribes depended on more food. If there was more food here, the population would naturally be larger than that in North America.

Therefore, in such a small area as Natal alone, there are thousands of tribes with a population of nearly 30.

These thousands of tribal chiefs plus the accompanying young and strong are at least 6000 people, and the open space of the Dao tribe is simply not enough, and it seems a bit difficult to open a conference hall that can accommodate more than a thousand people in the jungle. .

Therefore, Taichang decided to set the venue at the Shenwuying camp next to Zhusheng Port.

Anyway, he brought enough ships, as long as tens of thousands of soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion temporarily moved to live on the ships, and allocated enough tents and venues for these people.

At this moment, samples of the packaging bags of various medicines have been made and sent back to the local area for processing. Brothers Li Shuchu and Li Shuben are also experimenting with the effects of boiling various commonly used medicines.

The preparations of Daming Pharmaceutical Company are already on the right track. It seems that he only needs to form a tribal alliance with the primitive tribes in Natal, and then gather them in two to three cities, then he can mobilize his troops and head south.

However, at this moment his eyes turned to the north.

On the top floor of the Emperor, in the study in the front hall, Taichang was frowning and staring at the map in front of him.

The reason why he chose Natal as his first foothold in South America was mainly because it was relatively close to Bahia, the capital of the Viceroyalty of Brazil.

Moreover, there are two small colonies between the two colonies, and it is impossible for the anti-Habsburg alliance army to rush to Natal at once.

In this way, they will have sufficient time to establish a logistics or transit base here.

However, at this moment, he found that this place was really not suitable for a logistics base.

Moreover, considering the development of Daming Pharmaceutical Company, it seems that the medical base in South America is not suitable to be built here.

Because it is too far away from the Amazon River Basin, and even farther away from the capital city of Western Yin.

If the planting and transportation of herbal medicines are considered, it is natural that it is best to set up the medical base in the Amazon and the basin.

Because the Amazon River Basin occupies more than half of the entire Brazilian Viceroy's jurisdiction, as long as they build their medical base in the Amazon River Basin, they don't have to consider the water source for planting herbs. The transportation is also very convenient, and the area along the way is even larger.

More importantly, there are many natural harbors near the mouth of the Amazon River, and it is only three or four thousand miles away from the transit base he established in the southernmost part of the Western Yindu Islands.

In other words, the vicinity of the mouth of the Amazon River is the most suitable place to establish a logistics base, and it is also the best choice to set up a medical base there.

As for why he didn't choose the mouth of the Amazon, it was mainly because the Portuguese didn't develop it there.

At this time, the Portuguese mainly developed the southeast of the Governor-General of Brazil. The more than ten colonial territories they established were basically near the southeastern coastline, and they also established several colonial strongholds in the Amazon and there. Declare that it is their territory.

At the beginning, he just chose Natal because he wanted to let De Sierra and Carlinho take control of the Governor-General of Brazil as soon as possible.

Now it seems that he was a little too hasty. He didn't need to be so hasty at all. It is only serious to build the logistics base and the medical base first.

Thinking of this, he said directly to the door: "Zi Ru, call everyone to discuss it, and send someone to call Boke and Zhongke too."

At this moment, the passage from Zhushenggang to Da Dao Tribe had been repaired a long time ago. About an hour later, a group of civil servants and generals and several staff generals had gathered in the meeting room of the front hall.

After everyone arrived, he directly said: "I think we should set up our logistics base for marching into the Brazilian Viceroy's jurisdiction and the medical base of Daming Pharmaceutical Company near the mouth of the Amazon River. What do you think?"

Ah!
Isn't this just about to go south? Why did the emperor suddenly think of going back and building the base to the northwest?
All the civil servants and generals were dumbfounded when they heard the words.

Of course they know where the Amazon River is, because both the Portuguese map and the Spanish map have this river, and the "Kun Yu Wan Guo Quan Tu" engraved by the Ming Dynasty also has this river.

As for why it is called such a strange name, they also know.

Because it is called in both Portuguese and Spanish, the name is translated according to the pronunciation of Portuguese and Spanish.

Question, why did the emperor suddenly think of setting up both the logistics base and the medical base at the mouth of the Amazon River?

At the moment, it is completely undeveloped. To put it bluntly, it is a primeval jungle, full of trees, and there is not even a large open space.

Everyone was stunned for a while, before Luo Sigong asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, what should we do here, should we just leave it alone?"

Who said you can leave it here.

Taichang said indifferently: "It's good as a transit base here, but there is no need to expand the Zhusheng Port, and Zhusheng City is just like this."

Luo Sigong asked cautiously again: "Your Majesty, what about the road leading to the south, is it still repaired?"

Without hesitation, Taichang said: "Repair, not only the road leading to the south, but also the road leading to the mouth of the Amazon River in the north."

Uh, isn't it a waste of time to go north?
Luo Sigong carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, the road in this primitive jungle seems to be very difficult to repair. Even with the help of the Indian tribe here, it may take several months for us to build a passage to the south."

This means that if you continue to cultivate northward at the same time, you may not be able to reach Bahia in a year.

Taichang shook his head slightly and said: "We don't need to repair it manually. I have already ordered people to go to New Liaoyang City. The mining machinery there only needs to be modified a little bit, and the mining wheel in front can be used to saw trees. Sometimes we directly use mechanical sawing trees to open the road, the speed is very fast, and it is not a problem to repair dozens of miles a day."

Li Shuben asked carefully again: "Your Majesty, what about the medicine garden on the other side of the Dao tribe? Shall we also help there?"

Those were the herbs he had worked so hard to find, especially the hemp vines, he was really reluctant to leave them behind.

Taichang thought for a while, and then slowly said: "Look at this, take what you can bring, and don't take what is not easy to take. Anyway, the Amazon and the basin are dozens of times larger than this Natal. What kind of Herbal medicines are available."

Luo Sigong suddenly asked again: "By the way, Your Majesty, shall we let the chiefs of the tribes come here to discuss?"

It doesn't matter much.

Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Let them continue to drive forward. We still won't leave these few days. Maybe we can take them there to help communicate with the Indian tribes in the Amazon River Basin."

Luo Sigong nodded quickly when he heard the words, "I understand."

Taichang thought for a while, and then said to Ma Xianglin: "Xianglin, you take De Xieira and Carlinio, and then take [-] soldiers from the Shenwu Battalion and [-] Indian tribe Qing Zhuang to go to the Santa Ana stronghold at the mouth of the Amazon River first." Take it down, and then expand the port terminal over there first, and when everything is done, send someone over to report, and I will be there soon.”

Hearing this, Ma Xianglin quickly cupped his hands and said, "I will understand in the end."

(End of this chapter)